Melanie Mcadams In Sweet Home Alabama

When does a person go from a stranger to a best friend? Professor McAdams (1995) has conjured up two imperative levels to distinguish relationships. In the movie Sweet Home Alabama (2002), Melanie Smooter/Carmichael, displays these two imperative levels. Melanie lived a double life from the Civil Wars reenactment daughter to a big city fashion designer. The beautiful, insecure character has her brain all over the place. In her new life she is full of openness, but back home she’s known around town for having high levels of extroversion. The Big Five traits make up the level of dispositional traits with conscientiousness, openness, extraversion, neuroticism, and agreeableness (McAdams, 1995). Level one could be a beginner level or a stranger
A stranger can be anyone they want to be. It is a human’s job to find a mutual connection or walk away from that stranger. Melanie Smooter changed her personality’s real quick when she ran off to New York. The first level consists of the big five traits to assist with connecting the dots (McAdams, 1995). Openness is where a human is creative and imaginative. Melanie was creative in creating the new fashion trends, hello she was popular enough to date the mayor’s son. Extraversion is classified as being a talkative or outgoing human. Melanie had low extraversion when she was antisocial toward her family, not even a postcard. Neuroticism may be a disadvantage because moods can fluctuate and anxiety disorders are common. The neuroticism brought on my many panic attacks, especially when Melanie was at the Coonhound cemetery and sent mixed emotions. At the night of the county fair, she attempts to be cordial with her hometown friends for being a train wreck at the bar the night before. Jake asks for her hand to dance, and she friend’s zones him. She runs off to the Coonhound cemetery apologizing for never saying goodbye to their dog. Jake appears and they discuss the past mistakes and end with a kiss. Melanie states she cannot do this and runs off with regret. Conscientiousness personalities belong to the organizers and solicitous people. Melanie appears to have it all together financially and
Dan McAdams (1995) believed there were imperative levels in, what do we know when knowing a person. Levels one and two helped us to figure out Melanie was a small-town girl who left and lost life relationships to only return and win them back. Level one (McAdams, 1995) expresses which traits Melanie is high and low in, her strengths and weaknesses. It is vital to attain the answers to the big five; also to not stop there but carry on to level two (McAdams, 1995). The second level shows us why Melanie acted that way and what impacted her life. She became selfish and a little white liar after her unfortunate high school experience. As McAdams (1995) wrote, “Good description is necessary for good